Cuspidor.



1.1. GOUGH & H. H. STROW.

CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6l1919.

1 ,301,2&9. Patented Apr. 22,1919.

(76/121 J 600L 71, /7(/7. 537v 3 I gwua'nto ag W GU50: we I m: mums wnsns cu. PHOTO-1M1. WAsNlNamm M as ran FI IQ.

JOHN J'. GOUGH AND HUDSON I'I. STROW, OF BENTON, KENTUCKY.

CUSIPIDOR.

sonaao.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed February 6, 1919. Serial No. 275,334.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN J. Gousn and HnnsoN H; STROW, citizens of the United States, residing at Benton, in the county of Marshall and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to pro vide a cuspidor provided with an internal valve structure capable of automatically closing when the cuspidor is tilted out of its normal upright position and thus spilling of its contents will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is: the provision of a cuspidor provided with a supplementary chamber communicating with the flared mouth of the cuspidor by ports which serve to conduct liquid into the supplementary chamber when the cuspidor is tilted upon its side.

With the above and other objects in view as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of elements which will be more fully described in the following description and pointd out with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view through the cuspidor, and Fig. 2 represents a horizontal sectional view of the plane of the lower ports of the supplementary chamber.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates the lower hollow body portion provided with a restricted and internally threaded upper end 6 receiving the correspondingly threaded flanged terminal 7 of the upper or mouth portion 8. The upper edge of the mouth portion 8 is formed with a depending dished flange 9 having its upper portion at the juncture with the mouth portion 8 turned inwardly as indicated at 10 to provide a guard or lip preventing the liquid spilling out upon the floor when the cuspidor is laid l1p011 its side. The inner edge of the flange 10 connects with a downwardly flared circular partition 11 the interior of which constitutes the mouth or open end of the internal chamber 12 of the body portion 5 of the cuspidor.

The flange 9 is formed with a circular series of openings 13 permitting the liquid to flow into the supplementary chamber 14 in the hollow mouth portion 8 when the cuspidor is laid upon its side and subsequent to returning the cuspidor to its normal upright position the liquid is conducted back into the interior of the body portion 5 through ports 15 formed in the lower portion of the partition 11.

A hollow and substantially conical valve member 16 is supported in position in the mouth of the cuspidor upon legs 17, the lower terminals of which rest upon the centrally raised portion 18- of the bottom of the body 5. In its normal position, the valve 16 is disposed in concentric spaced relation to the partition 11 thus permitting liquid deposited upon the flange 9 to flow freely into the body portion 5. However, when the cuspidor is inverted, the valve member 16 falls by gravity above the inner surface of the partition 11 closing the mouth of the cuspidor and preventing leakage of the con tents. A plug 19 is removably fitted in a drain port 20 formed in the bottom of the body 5 to facilitate drainage and cleaning of the cuspidor.

The upper terminals of the legs 17 are directed angularly to provide supporting shoulders 21 for an annulus 22 which is slidably arranged between the shoulder and the lower surface of the conical valve 16. The annulus constitutes a supplementary valve, which, when the cuspidor is inverted, seats against the lower edge of the depending flange 7 of the mouth part 8 and the lower surface of the conical valv 16. thus materially assisting in preventing leakage of the contents of the body 5.

The annulus is preferably constructed of buoyant material so that when the cuspidor is upset upon its side the annulus will float up against the flange 7 and prevent leakage through the open space between the wall of the mouth and the member 16.

What we claim is:

l. A cuspidor including a body portion, a mouth portion connected therewith, a dished flange carried by the mouth portion, a partition connected with the flange and extending into the hollow body portion and provided with openings adjacent its lower edge, said flange being provided with openlngs adjacent the upper edge of the mouth portion, and a valve adapted to seat in said partition to prevent leakage of the contents of the body when inverted.

2. A cuspidor including a hollow body portion, a hollow mouth portion connected therewith and provided with a flange extending inwardly and downwardly from the upper edge and a circular partition depending from the inner edge of the flange and extending into the hollow body portion, said flange and partition being provided with openings adjacent their upper and lower edges respectively, a valve movable against the circular partition to prevent leakage of the contents of the body portion, and a supplementary valve operable independently of a the first mentioned valve adapted to cooperate therewith to prevent leakage of the contents of the body portion.

3. A cuspidor including a hollow body portion, a mouth part connected therewith I Copies of this patent may be obtained for body portion and provided with angular upper extremities, and a supplementary annular valve supported upon the angular portions of the legs and movable against the mouth part and conical valve to assist in preventing leakage of the contents of the body portion.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures hereto. 7

JOHN J. ooneni. nun. H. srnow.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

